The Tandragee 100 is set to return in 2025.

Resurfacing work is planned, meaning the road racing event💎 is poised to be held for the first time since 2022.

The boost for the&nꦺbsp;County Armagh, Northern Ireland, meeting is welcome news for the road racing scene.

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd confirmed that vital work on a stretch of the A51 will be carried out, allowing the Tandragee 100𒐪 to be held again.

“Over many years my Department has been working with race organisers to facilitate t📖he safe conditions for the Tandragee 100 to take place,” O’Dowd said.

“This has involved carrying out road surfaceꩲ and drainage repairs in advance of the event and that essential work will continue with the resurfacing of a small stretch of the road in preparation for next years’ event.   

“Our rural road network𝔉 is at the heart of local communities and contributes to their connectivity and economy.❀ 

“The Tandragee 100 Roa🅠d Race is part of a busy NI motorsport calendar and attracts many thousands of motorsport enthusiasts. 

“It also generates opportunities for local businesses and ▨tourism.&nb꧂sp;

“I am committed to supporting and investin💃g in our rural road network to enable local communities deliver lo🍬cal benefits.”

Tandragee 100 race organisers ꦡexpressed their joy.

“We’re absolutely delighted,” Clerk of the Course and Club Secretary of༒ the North Armagh Motorcycle and Car Club, Anne Forsythe, told Armagh I.

“I mean it’s the start of 🔯the journey for us, we have a lot of work to d𝓀o now.

“Behind the scene꧅s, we had been working away anyway and we have to apply for our date application with our governing body and we’ve already done that. We did that in August. So we’re just going through all the normal procedures.

“Now that we’ve got this news we’re oౠn to the next stage. We’re now going to be able to turn our full attention to secure all the necessary resources including financial.

“The bottom liꦇne is if the resurfacing wasn’t done we would have had a year with no Tandragee 100. That’ꦉs the only reason we didn’t run in 2023 or 2024.

“It’s brilliant. It really is, because we bring so much by way of opportunities and both social and economic impact🥂 on not only County Armagh but as far down as൩ Newry, and attracting spectators to come and spend their money from all over the world.”